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      Changing the appearance of the console view
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      Changing the appearance of the console view
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    <p>
      To set the types of output (and their colors) in the Console view:
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      <li>Open the <a class="command-link" href=
      'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.debug.ui.ConsolePreferencePage)")'>
        <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt=
        "Opens the Console preference page" /> <strong>Run/Debug &gt;
        Console</strong></a> preference page.
      </li>
      <li>Checking the <strong>Show when program writes to standard
      out</strong> checkbox will make the Console view visible each time new
      output is written to the console from the program's standard output
      stream. If there is no Console view in the current perspective, one will
      be created.
      </li>

      <li>Checking the <strong>Show when program writes to standard
      err</strong> checkbox will make the Console view visible each time new
      output is written to the console from the program's standard error
      stream. If there is no Console view in the current perspective, one will
      be created.
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      <li>Click any of the color buttons to change the color for the
      corresponding text stream.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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      To set the fonts used in the Console view:
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      <li>Open the <a class="command-link" href=
      'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.ui.preferencePages.ColorsAndFonts)")'>
        <img src="PLUGINS_ROOT/org.eclipse.help/command_link.svg" alt=
        "Opens the Color and Fonts preference page" /> <strong>General &gt;
        Appearance &gt; Colors and Fonts</strong></a> preference page.
      </li>
      <li>Select <strong>Console font</strong> from the <strong>Debug</strong>

      category and use the <strong>Change...</strong> button to change the
      font.&nbsp; (The <strong>Detail Pane Text Font</strong> can be used to
      change the font of the debugger's default <a href=
      "../reference/views/shared/ref-detailpane.htm"><strong>Detail
      Pane</strong></a>).
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    <h3 class="related">Related concepts</h3>
      <a href="../concepts/cdebugger.htm">Debugger</a><br />
      <a href="../concepts/concept-java-views.htm">Java views</a>

    <h3 class="related">Related references</h3>
      <a href="../reference/views/console/ref-console_view.htm">Console
      view</a><br />
      <a href="../reference/views/ref-viewsandeditors.htm">Views and
      editors</a>
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